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Hackers stole military emails and used in scam

Hacker group Anonymous stole and leaked 90,000 military email addresses and passwords from Booz Allen Hamilton in July, and they are not done.

Federal News Network Staff

September 6, 2011 5:46 pm

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Hacker group Anonymous stole and leaked 90,000 military email addresses and passwords from Booz Allen Hamilton in July, and they are not done.

The Internet Crime Complaint Center says Anonymous is using the stolen information to place sham orders with e-commerce vendors.

NextGov reports some merchants have identified some orders containing military email addresses to be fraudulent as a result of the the Internet Crime Complaint Centers warning.

This story is part of Federal News Radio’s daily Cybersecurity Update. For more cybersecurity news, click here.

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